Workhorse

‘A fierce, funny and unflinching examination of ambition, class and the quiet indignities of being underestimated. You certainly don’t need to have worked in fashion to appreciate Palmer’s razor-sharp and deliciously wry observations about the industry – but as someone who did, I both adored and applaud her honesty’ Coco Mellors, Sunday Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters 'A sly, fun and astutely observed novel about what happens when one young woman's ambition runs amok. Caroline Palmer transports you to the world of glossy magazines in the early 2000s, back when the going was good –the expense accounts, the parties, the fashion – while weaving in a suspenseful story about an assistant who will do anything in her power to move up on the masthead. Propulsive, surprising, and fun' Emma Rosenblum, bestselling author of Bad Summer People ‘This book! The best thing I've read this year by far. It's Prep meets The Devil Wears Prada meets The Goldfinch. Funny, tender, but with so many thrillingly dark moments. I've been telling everyone I know about it. Everyone is going to be absolutely obsessed with Clo and her brutal world as she tries to fold herself to become the 'right' kind of girl. OBSESSED’ Heather Darwent, bestselling author of The Things We Do to our Friends 'Thrilling, page-turning, and deeply absorbing and anthropological treatise on a lost New York at just slightly past the peak of American capitalism – fin de siecle indulgence shackled to an anxious expense account.' Matthew Thomas, New York Times-bestselling author of We Are Not Ourselves 'A heady brew of nostalgia and melancholia, resurrecting a magazine yesterworld of prima donnas, cash drawers, and petty grievances.' – Lauren Mechling, author of How Could She